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(slow flute music)
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(dramatic music)
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(indigenous eastern music)
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- The city of Afyon,
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which name is also given to the delicate
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red poppy flower in Turkish,
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is located on the historical King's Road,
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and is truly a cultural heritage
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with its natural and historical riches.
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And the gateway to this heritage
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is the Afyon train station.
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The significance of Afyon
stems from its location
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at the crossroads of railways,
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running from the north to the south,
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as well as from the west to the east.
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Afyon is at the meeting
point of all trains
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coming from Istanbul and
Ankara via Eskisehir,
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as well as the trains going
to Izmir, Konya, and Adana.
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We shall often be
encountering the images of
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old trains that have been
long-abandoned to loneliness
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during our travel along Hejaz line.
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These old images stand
out like puzzles on the
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King's road, which will
eventually lead us to Hejaz.
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The locomotives that
have been left out of use
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remind us of elephants awaiting death
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in an elephant cemetery.
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Just as elephants,
instinctively feeling they are
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approaching death, go
to elephant cemeteries
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like their ancestors before
them to lie and wait for death.
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These horses of fire lie,
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waiting at the Afyon train
station.
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It is a city that has been
attacked, invaded, and thundered
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throughout history, finally
passed on to the hands of
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its true owners once again
on the 27th of August, 1922.
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Today, it is August the 27th once more,
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and the happiness of the past 76 years
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is reflected on all the faces around us.
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The Mehteran, the band of
musicians
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of the Ottoman Palace is playing
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and one's ears rejoice in the tune.
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Here the people so old and so brave,
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once again celebrate the glory
of that everlasting victory.
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This vast great bulk that
wears the rampart as a crown
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stands in the middle of the
city observing everything
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like a proud and victorious king.
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The castle fortifications,
which are 226 meters high,
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have witnessed the rise and
the fall of many civilizations
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since 1350 B.C.
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As the turtle slowly ascends
the hill towards the castle,
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Afyon rises towards the
future at breakneck speed.
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The old town quarters, with
narrow streets and houses
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that have sun-dried brick walls
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are clustered around the castle.
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It is known that the houses and
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the surroundings of the castle
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were built in these high hills
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in order to ensure
protection against the enemy.
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This is the great mosque called Camii,
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the most important relic in the city
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dating back to the Seljuks.
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The mosque is situated on the
southwest slope of the castle,
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and has a rectangular plan.
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It was thick rubble stone walls,
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and a roof which is made of clay,
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rests on 40 wooden columns decorated
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with overlapping crosshairs.
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This mosque is one of the
most beautiful examples
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of the wooden mosques in Anatolia,
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and all of its columns,
arcs and column heads
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are adorned with exquisite calligraphy.
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(soft relaxing music)
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The double-leveled pulpit doors,
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which are embellished in
Seljuk-style decorations,
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were made in 1272.
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(soft relaxing music)
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The Turkish delight candy
of Afyon, called lokum,
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is world famous.
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Lokum is made with clotted cream,
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and it is a speciality of the region.
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It is also associated with the railroad.
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It is believed that the
first lokum was made by
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candymaker Sal Ashuker in 1901,
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on the occasion of the
beginning of the train traffic
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connecting the city with
the rest of the country.
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This famous lokum is
prepared with the milk
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of the water buffalo,
and different flavors
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with pistachio nuts,
hazelnuts, and almonds.
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When you come to Afyon from Izmir
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you see an old station called Afyon
City.
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This is the last stop in central Anatolia,
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the french-built train line,
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connecting Izmir to Afyon.
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Everything is just as it was in 1895.
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The employees are aware
that they are working
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in a historical setting,
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and act as if they are
afraid to wake up the history
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from its sleep.
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We are now in front of
an old ticketing machine.
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Just like a clock that
does not work anymore,
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but it looks as though it
will start telling the story
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of the past if you just touch it.
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And the signaling lamp.
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In Turkey, every single train station
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is like a museum of its own.
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As the railroad travels through the past
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towards the future in
this historical setting,
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we pursue our trip through the past.
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These remnants of Devan
Punchar dating back to the
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Feriens are believed
to be grave decorations
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formed like snake heads.
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The lime figures are built symmetrically,
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so as to protect that
entrance of the grave.
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We are now passing through
a small village, Iazeen.
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The village, which is
filled with antique remains,
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has a lively atmosphere today,
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as well as it had in the past.
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Wherever you look, there are houses,
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wells, caves and rock stone graves
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dating back to the Feriens.
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When you turn towards the north of Iazeen
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you will see a large rock formation
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that looks like a castle.
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This rock has been carefully
carved as a temple,
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having numerous rooms like the
stories of a modern building.
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It is not certain how much
of the history these rocks,
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resembling sponges, are
able to reflect today.
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Afyon, being at the crossroads
of all civilizations
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from the Hittites until today,
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is one of the earliest centers
of habitation in Anatolia
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with its historical past,
its castle modifications,
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historical relics, hot springs,
nourishing mineral waters,
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poppies, and cream Turkish delight.
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When you look at this antique
city from the opposite hill
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you can see the silhouette
of the history in the shadow
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of the fading sun.
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Now we shall be leaving Afyon,
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and travel through Turkey's widest plane.
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The conductor in Afyon
central train station
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signals that it is time to go.
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Please take your seats
as we are getting closer
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to the heart of Anatolia.
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Kindly take your seats and be
ready to travel through this
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meadow, which resembles a vast ocean.
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It is necessary to enter
the meadow of the soul,
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as there is no solace in
the meadow of the world,
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says Mevlana, as we speed
along the steel rails
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to his rose garden that
flourishes in the heart.
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This meadow is not only
the meadow of Konya
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with 4000 square meters, but the meadow of
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the heart of Mevlana as well.
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(gentle piano music)
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We pass through the (muffled) cabin,
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where we learn that the
sugar we put into our tea,
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which we have grown so
accustomed to drinking
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on this train, is produced
from the beet sugar
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grown in this area.
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The German researcher and
writer, Friedrich Sar,
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wrote during his visit to
Konya and its surroundings
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in the summer of 1895.
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On June 19, the main road from
Bekirhan and Afyonkarahisar
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took us to Chia, literally meaning tea,
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a small town in the midst
of vineyards and orchids,
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with a small lively square.
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Here, one could see people
of a variety of different
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races and parts from all over Anatolia.
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We met a German gentleman,
who introduced himself
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as an engineer of the Anatolian railroad,
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and invited us to join his friends.
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Then we went over to a
place where several other
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engineers working for the
railroad were stationed,
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and had some conversation with them.
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We were told that the railroad
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would soon reach Afyonkarahisar
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and extend to Konya within
the next one and a half years
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as planned.
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As railroad work was going on
in several different locations
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at the same time, we encountered
several similar colonies
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during our trip from Geyre to
Konya.
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The introduction of the
railroad to Konya and its meadow
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on July 28, 1896, brought
dynamism to the economy.
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The production of cereal grains increased,
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and the agriculture products
could be sold at better prices.
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This period marks the time that
a stream from Beysehir Lake
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was used in supplying
water to the Konyan meadow.
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According to the agreement
signed on November 27, 1907,
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the Anatolian Railroad
Company was going to transport
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the water from the Beysehir
Lake with a 200 kilometers-long
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channel, to supply water for
some land good for sowing.
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Caraduran lake was going to
be dried out in order to be
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converted to sowing ground as well.
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The Anatolian Railroad
Company established the
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Konyan Meadow Watering
Company with a partnership of
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(muffled).
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The company headquarters was in Frankfurt,
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and 200,000 deutsche marks
out of the total capital of
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500,000 deutsche marks belonged to the
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Anatolian Railroad Company.
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The operation of supplying
water to the Konyan meadow was
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completed with success
within a short period
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of six years at the end of 1913.
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On the road to Hejaz,
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Konya is by far the most
significant station.
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As the Konya train station
meets the passengers
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(muffled) to Moblana
from all over the world.
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Come, let us know each other's worth,
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and let us not part abruptly.
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If a friend is the mirror of a friend,
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then why do we turn away from our mirror?
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A cry hangs in the skies of Konya,
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a cry that is frequently renewed.
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Come, come whatever you may be, come.
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Come even though you
are an infidel, a pagan,
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or a fire worshiper.
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Our order is not an
order of disconsolation.
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Come, even if you have
broken your repentance
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1,000 times before.
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In response to the rejoicing
call of the sultan of hearts,
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we head to towards Papital Hadra,
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which means the green dome.
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Papital Hadra is the mausoleum of
Mevlana,
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the symbol of Konya.
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This green dome is the source
of life of this meadow,
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which lies like a calm sea.
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The blue from the central Asia
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meets here with the
green leaves of Mevlana,
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and turns to turquoise,
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and rises to the sky from
the middle of the steeple
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like a prayer, like a ray of hope.
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The value of a person
is what he's looking for
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says Mevlana.
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The important thing is to
know what to search for.
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It is not only a journey, the
roads that extend to Hejaz.
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This meadow of hearts, that stretches,
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without an end and without boundaries,
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bears the road that will
eventually end in its claw.
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The road that extends to Hejaz
is in the core of the meadow.
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Turkey opens up to Konya from
its four different corners,
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just as Konya opens up
to Mevlana's convent.
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When you reach Konya,
you go past the Karatai
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Theological School,
the mosque of Alaeddin,
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and the theological school
with (mumbles) to reach
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Mevlana continent.
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This is the most important
building of the Moloisat.
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Historical sources state
that this place used to be a
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rose garden, belonging
to King El Hadeen Kacupa,
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and was given to Mevlana's
father by Hadeen as a present,
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was eventually buried here in 1231.
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The founding of the convent
started with Mevlana's burial
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beside his father in 1273.
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The sounds that surround
the convent is filled with
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sound of May, the motherly flute.
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The language spoken here is silence.
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It is a journey to the depths of the soul.
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The sound of May is like a prayer,
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cleanses the soul from rust and dirt.
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The soul cleansing extends
all the way to Hajez.
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Mevlana sends out lots of
hope to the whole world
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through the mesnave,
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his lyrical poetry which is full of love.
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Simhana is the place
where prayers are recited.
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Mutbaka sherif
is the kitchen
of the moleve convent.
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This is the place where the food is cooked
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as well as the place of
education and obedience.
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A person who enters the convent
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spends a period of 1001 days,
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a period of severe ordeal
prior to becoming a dervish,
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or a mublove believer who
once has renounced the world
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in this kitchen.
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The hall is the most
important and holiest part
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of the convent.
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The dervishes congregate
here every morning
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for their early prayers.
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This is the place where they
abandon their identities
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in order to unite with the real
being.
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The 17th of December is the anniversary of
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the day that Saint Mevlana walked to God.
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He describes this walk as a wedding night.
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The shebby aruz
ceremonies,
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celebrated every year in Konya
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are nubital night descriptions.
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Every year, Saint Mevlana
meets with his followers
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from all over the world.
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The people congregate as
moths fly to the light
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to fill his convent and his heart.
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Konya opens its arms and welcomes visitors
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from around the world.
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The riots of the movlavee
dervishes are a
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perfect composition of art and belief,
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of virtue and beauty, of
submission and modesty.
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The movlaveev dervish gives
this composition art aesthetics
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and worship at the same time.
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The movement of a movlavee
dervish during the summer,
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which is the whirling
dance of the dervishes is
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full of meaning, and is conducted
under a code of obedience.
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This allude they give to each other
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and to all their loved ones
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carries the refinement
of the molavee sect.
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In accordance with their
belief, we take from God,
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and we give to God.
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One hand is open, facing up,
and the other faces the ground.
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The head dress, the blouse, and the skirt
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are very simple in style.
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The simplicity forms an
assorted combination with
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the eyes closed in submission and
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the head resting on the right shoulder.
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Save for the beating of
the small drubble drum,
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which serves as the only
connection with the present world.
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The dervish can almost ascent
to the skies during the dance.
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And the green dome,
like its dream of hope,
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offers to the whole mankind,
the tolerance, refinement
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and love of living of
Islam and of Saint Mevlana.
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God, if your mercy is to be
attained by the good only,
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then where could the sinners take shelter?
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Oh great lord if you only accept
the good
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then to whom should the
guilty beg and implore?
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Konya is a city of contigul union
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that unites the sun and
Mevlana, love and the art.
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The substance and meaning,
the tradition and the future,
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in short, yesterday with today.
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It is the city of the sun and the water,
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a city of science and of culture,
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a city of Seljuk art.
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This is the fresh breath of the (muffled)
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that formed Anatolia.
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Konya, the land of love.
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The city history of culture, city of art,
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city of belief, the city
of Mevlana, this is Konya.
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The museum of Izod Coin
Lugu is private museum
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and library founded through
the personal efforts of
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Izod Coin Lugu.
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The museum, which is richer
than many state museums,
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houses archaeological remains found in
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the surrounding south Konya.
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The building, which first housed
the museum and the library,
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was donated to the city of Konya
in 1973 by Izod Coin Luglo,
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an inspector of the Turkish state railway.
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Today, the museum is housed
in its new modern building
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built by the municipality,
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and accommodates rich
collection of the archaeological
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works, as well as many
remnants, and handwritten books
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from the time of the Seljuks, Ottomans,
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as well as relics from various
other regions in Anatolia.
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The donated building is
maintained in its original form
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and decoration, as an
antique (mumbles) house
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to be visited by future generations.
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When you leave the
station inspector's house
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you become a guest among
hundreds of others.
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The history of these cheerful children
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dates back to 8000 years.
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On their faces, a helpful
smile for the future.
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This is the hill of Alaeddin,
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which houses a history of over 4000 years.
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The hill, which used to
be a plains of habitation
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in the old times, and
surrounded with a wall,
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is actually the center
of today's Konya.
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On its lawn, stands
the mosque of Alaeddin,
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which took 60 years to build,
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and was completed during the reign of
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Alaeddin Tacupat
in 1221.
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This mosque is the oldest example of the
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multi-column mosques in Anatolia,
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and its roof is held upright
by 62 stone and marble columns.
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The mosque has been through
repairs numerous times.
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Its dome is adorned with
exceptional Celtic tiles.
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The pulpit, which was
decorated and garnished by
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Micki from the town of Allah,
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is carved from one piece of ebony wood
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and is an exceptional piece
of Seljuk art of carving wood.
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The narrow minerut of the mosque's
core,
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built by one of the Seljuk
ministers, (muffled),
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1260, is still standing in
spite of many past earthquakes.
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The decorations and prayers
embellished at the entrance
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are exquisite examples of
the Seljuk's stone-working.
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At the crown gate there
are geometric and flower
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designs adorning the two
prayers out of the holy Koran.
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Most of the mosque's core has collapsed,
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only its (mumbles) is still standing.
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The theological school
is open to the visits
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of history lovers today,
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as a museum of stone and woodworking.
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Only one corner of Alaeddin mosque
today,
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whispering memories of
eight centuries ago,
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stands under its concrete
umbrella shelter.
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Konya is an important
center for hand weaving.
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The mending of very valuable
carpets is made in Konya.
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Every knot and every
loop the young weavers do
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are a token of their
attachment to the past.
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It is as if every loop and
knot tied in the traditional
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Anatolian and Seljuk designs
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will convey the Anatolian culture.
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A thousand colors are woven
to the future generations
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and bound tightly with
thread thick and (muffled).
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The spoon, which was
brought over to Anatolia
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by the immigrant Turks from central Asia
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can be found in various stores and forms
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in the bizzare called the
small (muffled) in Konya.
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Konya's famous for its spoons.
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The owner of the spoon
store is rather sad,
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but he repeats an old Turkish saying,
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"He who gives up or forsakes eating rice
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should have his spoon broken."
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Which means that he will
go on selling spoons
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even if he doesn't earn much.
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Konya is famous for its spoons
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and this is also evident by the famous
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tune of the spoons, a
countrywide-known folk dance.
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Women's bizarre, one of the
oldest two markets in Konya.
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It's a place where the
lady farmers can sell their
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agricultural products
without any mediators.
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This market, which may be
the first one of its kind
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in the world, opens up
every morning to sell the
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freshest vegetables, grains, and fruits
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to the people of Konya.
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The products sold here are
mostly grown on small farms
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or the backyards of houses.
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This market can be visited for the sake of
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viewing the products, and the lady farmers
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who have so skillfully
administered their market
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for many years.
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Konya has an effective
rail transportation system
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which saves the city
from traffic problems.
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As in many other modern cities,
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the trams' conveniently
transport the habitants
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all over the city in the
shortest and cheapest way.
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Maybe it was due to this
reason that Konya was chosen
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the best governed city in (mumbles),
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and was also named the world's
eighth best organized city
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during the second United
Nations human settlements
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conference, habitat two.
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If a person wants to be
able to touch history
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during his life, that
person should visit Konya.
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He should climb to the top
of the hill of Alaeddin,
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lean against the embellished
marble columns of
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Alaeddin's mosque, then
stroll down the hill to the
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Rock Crystal Theological School,
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to study its tiles,
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and then survey the beauty
of the stone carvings
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of Sarac Atar.
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It is said that Konya
catches a person like Malaria
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overtaking from all four sides,
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and carries him over to its own world,
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00:30:30,744 --> 00:30:34,577
or like a stranger, stays
aloof at a distance.
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Konya is a touchstone, with
its physical and spiritual
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dimensions in the Anatolian
railroad adventure.
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(dramatic orchestra music)
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(indigenous Eastern music)